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Barbara Thériault applies a Weberian framework to her research interests which include: Sociological theory, Sociology of religions, and the Sociology of contemporary Germany. Currently, she is engaged in several research projects and notably, The “Carriers of Diversity” – a study on religion, toleration and the police in Germany. Dr. Thériault is interested in particular types of actors: “progressive” characters within semi-total organizations. Beyond their empirical interest, these characters raise an inherent challenge; how to transform from within or survive such […]

Randall Hansen holds a Canada Research Chair in Global Migration and directs the Munk School’s Centre for European, Russian, and Eurasian studies. He is Full Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Toronto. He works on immigration and citizenship, demography and population policy and the effects of war on civilians. His published works include Disobeying Hitler: German Resistance after Operation Valkyrie (New York: Oxford University Press, 2014), Sterilized by the State: Eugenics, Race and the Population Scare in 20th Century […]

Christine Rothmayr-Allison’s fields of specialization are comparative public policy (North-America and Europe), courts and public policy, policy evaluation, and Swiss politics. She is currently working on two main research projects: the first is interested in explaining legal mobilization and court impact in biotechnology policy-making in Europe and North-America (Canada, USA, Switzerland and Germany); the second analyses the use of public opinion research by the Canadian government in health policy making (biotechnology, tobacco and the future of the health care system). […]

Lavinia Stan is Professor in the Department of Political Science at St. Francis Xavier University. She has published extensively in the areas of religion and politics, and transitional justice in post-communist countries. Most of Dr. Stan’s work relates to Romania, but she has also written on Poland, Hungary and the former Soviet Union republics. A graduate of the University of Toronto and a political scientist by training, she is co-editor for Europe for the Women’s Studies International Forum, a reviewer […]

Professor Weiner’s research agenda focuses principally on gender politics in Central and East European societies. Her first book, Market Dreams: Gender, Class, and Capitalism in the Czech Republic compares Czech women’s experiences and understandings of transformation in their work and family lives during the Czech Republic’s transition from socialism to capitalism. She has also researched the adoption and implementation of equal opportunity legislation – as part of European Union membership obligations – in several of the Central and East Europe states. Her current research explores the (dis)connections […]

Before entering the academy, Louis W. Pauly held management positions in the Royal Bank of Canada and served on the staff of the International Monetary Fund. He is currently the J. Stefan Distinguished Professor of Political Economy in the Department of Political Science and the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy at the University of Toronto. With Emanuel Adler, from 2007 to 2012 he edited International Organization, the top-ranked journal in the fields of international relations and international political […]

Gary Waite is currently a Professor of History at the University of New Brunswick. While focusing primarily on the history of popular culture and religion in early-modern Europe, his interests are eclectic, ranging from the study of the import of individual radical reformers such as David Joris, to the analysis of the vernacular Dutch drama societies called the Chambers of Rhetoric and their involvement in religious reform, to the study of the Reformation and the revival of witch-hunting in the sixteenth century. In particular, Dr. Waite […]

Panayotis Soldatos is Emeritus Professor from the Université de Montréal and a Jean Monnet Professor at the Université Jean Moulin – Lyon 3. His major research focuses on the major constitutional issues in the EU, particularly by bridging the gap between the legal and political analysis of European integration. Research Interests: European Law and European Institutions

Tom Priestly is an Emeritus Professor from the Department of Modern Languages and Cultural Studies at the University of Alberta. He has for over 30 years been researching various aspects of language in the Slovene minority area of Austria. Dr. Priestly’s interests have ranged from traditional linguistics to sociolinguistics. He has been especially interested in the numerous factors that affect the maintenance of the language in some communities and its loss in others. These include social, demographic, economic, psychological and […]

Sean Kennedy is a historian of modern France and generally his research focuses upon political and intellectual developments during the 20th century. More specifically Dr. Kennedy has published on ultra-nationalist movements in France from the 1920s through the Second World War. He is currently studying the attitudes of French intellectuals towards the English-speaking nations during the first half of the twentieth century, as well as the evolution of racism and antisemitism during the same period. Media Experience: Dr. Kennedy welcomes […]

Mark Brawley specializes in international political economy (IPE), but he is also interested in trade and international financial relations. Moreover, his interests in IPE often make connections between issues in political economic and international security. He is currently researching linkages between trade liberalization and domestic adjustment during globalization. His sixth book, Political Economy and Grand Strategy: A Neoclassical Realist View, was published by Routledge in 2009.   Research Interests: International Political Economy/International Relations Theory; Hegemony; Major Wars; International Factors in […]

Omid Payrow Shabani is a Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Guelph. In general, he has been interested in bridging the gap between the theoretical framework of critical theorists and liberal nationalists in order to be able to address concrete questions of policy making in multicultural societies from the normative perspective of constitutional patriotism. Currently, Dr. Shabani has become interested the ascending role of religion in politics and what it implies for basic tenets of liberalism […]

Hilary Earl’s main areas of research focus on the Nuremberg war crimes trials, the history of the Nazi Holocaust, post-1945 Europe, comparative genocide studies and perpetrator history/testimony. Media Experience: Dr. Earl has experience responding to Print media inquiries, and welcomes all forms of media engagement.   Research Interests: Nuremberg War Crimes Trials; History of the Nazi Holocaust; Post 1945 Europe; Comparative genocide studies; Perpetrator history/testimony

Juliet Johnson’s main research streams focus on the transformation of post-communist central banking and financial systems, and on monuments and memorials in the post-communist world and post-communist identity politics. Additionally, she has general interests in Russian and Eastern European politics, democracy and the market, institutionalist theories, comparative politics, and international political economy. Media Experience: Dr. Johnson has contributed on numerous occasions to the Globe and Mail and welcomes print media requests for opinions and articles. Research Interests: Post-communist financial systems, […]

Willem Maas (PhD Yale), Jean Monnet Chair and Professor of Political Science, Public & International Affairs, and Socio-Legal Studies at York University, chaired Glendon Political Science for three and a half years and Glendon Faculty Council for four. Professor Maas co-founded APSA’s Migration and Citizenship section, has held appointments at EUI, Leiden, NYU, and elsewhere, and writes on EU and multilevel citizenship, migration, borders, and politics focusing on Europe and North America. Research Interests: Citizenship and nationality, Migration, Immigration, Free movement […]

Angela O’Mahony’s research focuses on international political economy and how increasing international economic ties interact with domestic interests and institutions to shape economic decision-making. While many scholars believe that international economic integration has resulted in an environment in which countries can no longer assert control over their domestic ties with the international system, her research argues that international economic integration may alter the tools available to governments preserving their ability to control the domestic economy. Research Interests: International and comparative […]